Marathon Digital Services, Inc., located in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, began as a full-service reprographics business. The company, founded in 2006, made a name for itself by providing the AEC community with quality blueprint services at affordable prices. Early grassroots marketing efforts by Marathon owners, Shelley & Dominick Armato, helped establish a rapport with local architects, general contractors, engineers and business owners. By building these client relationships, the team at Marathon quickly discovered inefficiencies inherent to the industry – the high costs associated with printing & distributing multiple sets of constant-changing documents, the near impossible deadlines, and the routine breakdown in communication. The strong desire to improve these processes, to ultimately affect their client’s day-to-day business, is what led Marathon to focus on creating a solution. In less than one year, MySmartPlans was introduced into the AEC community.
The solution, which combines software technology with a professional project manager/concierge, creates a service of unparalleled utility for construction. Unlike planrooms, MySmartPlans give full transparency to the project, sharing information and keeping all project participants aligned and collaborating. It simplifies document management, facilitates information sharing and coordinates project changes from start to finish. Every time information is added or updated, the information is pushed out to all project participants via the MySmartPlans dashboard. MySmartPlans offers clients project management capabilities for every step of the construction lifecycle – from preconstruction to closeout.
Early success with the software convinced the team that MySmartPlans could transform the construction industry. Clients reported faster decision-making, lower printing and distribution costs, and accelerated project schedules.
Today, Marathon Digital Services maintains its two distinct business offerings - reprographic services and MySmartPlans. The company continues its expansion and marketing efforts for MySmartPlans thanks in part to a network of diversified resellers located all across the country.
